Driving cap for fenceposts



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PERCI'VAL HINDMARSH, 0F LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR T `'IHE AMERICANSTEEL AND WIRE COMPANY OF 'NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

DRIVING CAP FOR FENCEPOSTS. i

Application iled Apri1'3,

To all 1U/20m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, PnRoIvAL I'IINDMARSH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and 5 Stateof Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDriving Caps for Fenceposts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fence posts and more particularly to drivingcaps for such posts, and has for one of its objects the provision of animproved cap of this class that will facilitate the driving of tubularfence posts and one that may be readily removed therefrom after thedriving operation is completed.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cap of novelconstruction that will not damage the integral attaching tongues formedon the posts for attaching the fencing thereto.

A still further object is to provide a cap having the novelconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and described in the following specification.

In the drawings, Figurel is a side eleva tion of a fence post having myinvention ap lied thereto.

*igure 2 is a vertical sectional elevation of the driving cap.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan of the driving l'lhe fence post illustrated inthe drawings is 0f a standard and well known design and comprises atubular body portion 2 formed from a flat sheet of metal having itslongitudinal edges abutting, forming an open seam 3. A series of tonguesor lugs 4 are 40 struck from the post and form means for attacking thefencing to the posts.

Fence posts of this construction are adapted to be driven into theground manually bv a Sledge or maul, and it will be readily' understoodthat unless some means is provided for protecting the upper end of thepost and preventing it from spreading it will be damaged and the openseam 3 will spread. rlherefore I have provided the detachable drivingcap of this invention.

The driving cap comprises a driving head 7, having a hollowsubstantially cylindrical body portion or annular flange 6 extendingdownwardly therefrom. The inner side faces of said body or fia-nge arefluted to 1922. serial No. 549,244. p

8 which project inwardly. The"interna1 diameter of the portion 6 at thefacelof the ribs 8 is such as will closely fit the upper end of the post2. f

The upper closed end of the bodyl portion of the cap is provided on itsinner surface with a flat finished circular bearingportion 9 adapted tocontact with the upper end face of the post 2 so as to get a truebearing over the entire upper end of the post. A frusto conicalprojection 10 extends downwardly from the inner face of the closed end7of the cap and ,is adapted to extend into the upper end of the post 2'to` prevent the post buckling inwardly while being driven into theground.

The body portion 6 of the cap is provided with a longitudinallyextending hollow proi j ection or recess l1 adapted to provide clearancefor the tongues or lugs 4 of the post 2. A solid lug 12 is provided at apoint diametrically opposite the projection 1l adapted to receivedriving blows when removing the cap from the post after it has beendriven into the ground.

While I have shown only one specific embodiment of my invention it willbe understood that I do not wish to be limited to the vspecicconstruction shown, since `various forming a hollow body portion'adapted tov fit over a post, and longitudinally extending ribsprojecting inwardly from the inner side face of said flange adapted toengage the side walls of the post.

2. A driving cap for fence posts comprising a driving head, an annularila-nge extending downwardlyl from said head forming a hollow bodyportion adapted to lit over a post, said flange having a longitudinallyextending recess to form clearance for projections on the post, andbearing projections extending inwardly from the inner side face yof saidflange adapted to engage the side walls of the post.

3. A driving cap for fence posts comprising a driving head, an annularflange extending downwardly from said -head,

formingjT a hollow body portion adapted to it over a post, bearingprojections extendin inwardly `from the inner side face of Said flangeadapted to engage the Side walls 0f' the post, and a lug extendingoutwardly from the bottom edge of said flange adapted to receive drivingblows in removing the cap from the post.

4f. A driving cap for fence posts comprising a solid driving head, anannular flange extending downwardly from said head forming a hollow bodyportion adapted to iit over a post, vsaid ange being provided with alongitudinally extending recess to form Clearance for projections on thepost7 a lug projecting outwardly from said flange adjacent its lowerend, and at a point diametrioally opposite said recess adapted toreceive driving blows in removing the cap from the post, andlongitudinally extending ribs projecting inwardly from the inner sideface of said flange and adapted to engage the side walls of the post.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. y

PERCIVAL HINDMARSH.

